Contro Roma e contro Benedetto Croce

Contro Roma e contro Benedetto Croce. Discorso di Giovanni Papini detto al Meeting futurista del Teatro Costanzi il 21 febbraio 1913. First edition of the speech published as manifesto. Speech made by Giovanni Papini (Firenze, 1881 – Firenze,1956), italian poet and writer, who participated at the italian futurist movement. The speech was made in occasion of one of the so called "futurist evenings", meetings held in the major italian cities to discuss and present futurist music, poetry, manifestos. On February 21, 1913, in the Teatro Costanzi in Rome, Giovanni Papini read his “Against Rome and against Benedetto Croce”, that was published in “Lacerba” and then as manifesto. It had an enormous success, even though the harshest criticism ever made to the city of Rome. The exaggerated tones allowed the speech to gain a great norìtoriety, since it put into words the growing criticism for the traditional static italian culture, according to futurists, embodied by Benedetto Croce. The speech is an open discussion still today, since even if expressed through hard words, it can be considered as one of the cultural representation of its time, and still food for thought.  As all the futurist manifestos, it can be considered as a fundamental piece of italian literature in general, as well as one of the most important programmatic document of the Futurist movement. Language: italian. Perfect conditions.